David Patterson

David Patterson is a professor of computer architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the university in 1977, and is holder of the E.H. and M.E. pardee chair of Computer Science.

Patterson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Computer Science and Telecommunications board and the CRA board. He has consulted for several companies, including Digital, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Sun Microsystems, and is on the advisory board of several startup companies. He is also co-author of five books, including two with John Hennessy, president of Stanford University. His teaching has been honored with several awards throughout the years.